you are watching bbc news. these are the headlines. after monday night's terror attack, thousands of fans are united in stockholm. i am here at zero league final as fans and players prepare for what will be a poignant occasion. good evening, the manchester concert attack has understandably been at the forefront of everyone‘s thoughts over the last 48 hours, sport has been put in perspective ...but tonight in stockholm is a match of perhaps increased significance because of monday night's atrocity. thousands of manchester united fans are in sweden for the europa league finalagainst ajax, oursports

correspondent andy swiss is there for us evening andy, it's a game that united fans have been looking forward to for weeks but do you sense a markedly different atmosphere? well, ollie, ithink well, ollie, i think the mood here is more muted than what you would expect for an occasion like this. yes, the fans have been enjoying themselves in the cafes and bars and fa ns loa ns, themselves in the cafes and bars and fans loans, but there is not that celebratory feeling that you would normally expect. i've spoken to fans over the last 2a hours who say they've had friends and family affected by what happened in manchester on monday night and they say they are not just here for their clu b say they are not just here for their club now but for their entire city. with that in mind, some united fans are preparing a banner that will be u nfu rled are preparing a banner that will be unfurled inside the stadium bearing

a message manchester, sct united. they will be a minutes silence before kick—off. —— manchester, a city united. why would we let evil win? we can'tjust lay down for these evil people. in fact, they are worse than able. manchester people are so sure, worse than able. manchester people are so sure, terrorism won't win and we will hopefully win that trophy tonight for our city. football is a massive thing for manchester and it brings people together. we have had many messages of condolences from around the world but most keenly felt by those with a connection to the city. that is right. it's been a

difficult 2a hours for the fans and also a difficult time for the players as well. they cancelled their press conference yesterday in light of what happened in manchester on monday night, and jose mourinho issued a statement saying that the victims were in their hearts and in their minds. one former united player, phil neville, believes in light of what has happened, neutrals will be very much behind manchester united. maybe a lot of people wanted manchester united to lose but i'd think many people will have changed their minds. i think they need to win this. the champions league is a priority, it's something the jose mourinho wants and winning the roper

leaked because it's something they have never done. but in terms of what we have seen over the last two days... ina what we have seen over the last two days... in a year's time, it really won't matter. champions league qualification is at stake, as philip neville said, we will be at later with the team news. that's our sports correspondent in stockholm. let's get some more now from two legends of the club. manchester united have been giving their opinion about the tragedy and how it will affect the players. it's insignificant, football, in moments like this but they have chosen to play the game. i think the players will get on with it but it's a difficult time, especially the local lads who may know people who have

been affected. it will affect them massively. it's not something you can compartmentalise. i know foot ball can compartmentalise. i know football there's a lot of important as to what happens next season, but in many ways, i can't get excited about this game. i think it would be very difficult to think about football. but it's also an opportunity to go out into the world represent the fantastic city of manchester. we're three days away from the fa cup at wembley between chelsea and arsenal. chelsea have cancelled their victory parade as a mark of respect and in order not to stretch police resources. they've decided not to show a match at the

big screen for fans. gunners say they will trust the security that is in place. we have had this issue in france for a long time now and basically, it is not visible what the police doing usually, but you wa nt the police doing usually, but you want the best line of security. players will wear black armbands at wembley and there will be a period of silence before kick—off. we saw that at liverpool's friendly fixture in australia. they beat sydney fc. they paid tributes there and closer to home in leeds, bass saw england's cricketers paying homage with a minute's silence. increased security there. they're at headingley, as

you'd expect, a doll house. a full house. a brilliant partnership between a captain morgan and allee. a brilliant partnership between a captain morgan and ali. he was unbeaten. this serves as preparations for both sides ahead of the icc champion. 38-1. let's 38—1. let's get back to the match in stockholm, the europa league final and let's see if we do get team news

there. jose mourinho has been tinkering with the squad for weeks, how will they line up? both teams have announced their starting 11 is here. here is the manchester united line—up. romero in goal, blind, wayne rooney, he will start on the bench. kick—off at 7:45pm. it will be significant both on and off the pitch for manchester united. remember, you can follow that on

radio five live. that's it from sportsday. we will leave you with some of those tributes, messages of support, solidarity and condolence for manchester from within the sport. 26 degrees and temperatures will write higher, peaking on saturday. across scotland, the best of the sunshine was across eastern areas. we did have more clout in western areas, and across northern ireland fairweather cloud but not very much of that. cloud retreating to the

northern isles. going through the english channel, moving into northern ireland in south—west scotland. a warm and muggy night ahead. temperatures rising in the sunshine, light winds, grey around the irish sea and more clout up towards the northern isles. in the south—west, the breeze will freshen throughout the day so it will feel warmer round the coast near devon and cornwall. fairweather cloud doubling up inland, a whole lot of sunshine to come on thursday and temperatures will be higher than today. into the mid—20s, possibly peaking at 28 celsius. friday looks warm and sunny. once again, the breeze a little bit fresher. that

will help things, pushing the warmth further north where temperatures will peek on friday, possibly 29 celsius around the moray firth. further south, widely into the mid—to high 20s. threatening to bring a change, change to showers, thunderstorms and potentially heavy rain. sliding towards scotland and northern ireland and ahead of it we could get 30 celsius across the south—east of england. over the bank holiday weekend, a complicated weather story. hot, humid holiday weekend, a complicated weatherstory. hot, humid with holiday weekend, a complicated weather story. hot, humid with a thundery breakdown, lingering into sunday and monday across the eastern side of england before cooler and fresher air comes in from the west. hello, and welcome to this special edition of 100 days plus. the suicide bomber who struck here in manchester was known to security services. police say he was part of a wider

network and four more people have been arrested. before salman abedi carried out the attack he travelled to libya — police believe he was not acting alone. it's very clear that this is a network that we are investigating, as i said it continues at a pace, there's extensive investigations going on. britain's threat level has been raised to critical — the highest there is — it means there will be troops on the streets at key locations. as the victims are named — each brings a story of tragic loss — from young lives cut short to parents who went to collect their children.